Mueang Kanchanaburi (, ) is the capital district (amphoe mueang) of Kanchanaburi province, western Thailand.
History Mueang Kanchanaburi changed status to become the capital district (amphoe mueang) of Kanchanaburi Province in 1913. The old district office was in subdistrict Ban Nuea. It was moved to subdistrict Pak Phraek on 1 October 1954.
The district is home to the "bridge over the River Kwai", part of World War II's Death Railway.
Geography Neighboring are (from west clockwise) Tanintharyi Division of Myanmar, Sai Yok, Si Sawat, Bo Phloi, Phanom Thuan, Tha Muang, and Dan Makham Tia of Kanchanaburi Province.
The district is located in the southern foothills of the province.
The Khwae Noi and Khwae Yai Rivers are important water resources which join at the town Kanchanaburi to form the Mae Klong River.
Phu Nam Ron is a transnational cross-border point at the western end of the district. It is expected to gain in importance if the planned Dawei deepwater port project goes ahead, along with a highway and a railway line between Bangkok and that harbor.
Administration Provincial administration The district is divided into thirteen subdistricts (tambons), which are further subdivided into 102 administrative villages (mubans).
No. Subdistrict Thai Villages Pop.1.Ban Nueaบ้านเหนือ - 8,3942.Ban Taiบ้านใต้ - 5,5053.Pak Phraekปากแพรก 13 34,8974.Tha Makhamท่ามะขาม 5 14,8995.Kaeng Sianแก่งเสี้ยน 9 13,0786.Nong Buaหนองบัว 8 13,5327.Lat Yaลาดหญ้า 7 25,3398.Wang Dongวังด้ง 12 8,7639.Chong Sadaoช่องสะเดา 7 3,83610.Nong Yaหนองหญ้า 9 7,80511.Ko Samrongเกาะสำโรง 10 10,87913.Ban Kao บ้านเก่า 15 15,87916Wang Yen วังเย็น 7 5,735 Total 102 168,542 Missing numbers belong to subdistricts which now form Dan Makham Tia district
Local government Municipalities As of December 2024 there are six municipal (thesaban) areas in the district.
Mueang Kanchanaburi and Pak Phraek are town municipalities (thesaban mueang), Pak Phraek covers parts of Pak Phraek subdistrict, Mueang Kanchanaburi covers the subdistricts Ban Nuea and Ban Tai and parts of Pak Phraek and Tha Makham and also parts of Tha Lo subdistrict from Tha Muang district.
Tha Makham, Nong Bua, Kaeng Sian and Lat Ya are subdistrict municipalities (thesaban tambon), they all cover parts of their same-named subdistricts.
KanchanaburiTown municipality Pop. 04710102 Ban Nuea 8,394 Pak Phraek 6,307 Ban Tai 5,505 Tha Makham 3,117 Tha Lo 1,301 Total 24,624 Town municipality Pop. LAO code website Pak Phraek 28,590 04710107 Subdistrict municipality Pop. LAO code website Tha Makham 11,782 05710103 Nong Bua 7,120 05710106 Kaeng Sian 6,457 05710104 Lat Ya 5,413 05710105
Subdistrict administrative organizations The non-municipal areas are administered by nine subdistrict administrative organization - SAO (ongkan borihan suan tambon - o bo toh). Subdistrict adm.org - SAO Pop. LAO code website Lat Ya SAO 19,926 06710112 Ban Kao SAO 18,879 06710111 Ko Samrong SAO 10,879 06710108 Wang Dong SAO 8,763 06710113 Nong Ya SAO 7,805 06710116 Kaeng Sian SAO 6,621 06710109 Nong Bua SAO 6,412 06710115 Wang Yen SAO 5,735 06710114 Chong Sadao SAO 3,836 06710110
Education Kanchanaburi Rajabhat University Faculty of Science, Mahidol University Kanchanaburi Technical College Kanchanaburi Vocational College 9 secondary schools 59 primary schools
Healthcare Hospitals Mueang Kanchanaburi district is served by four hospitals Phaholpolpayuhasena Hospital with 597 beds Synphaet Kanchanaburi Hospital with 100 beds Fort Surasi Hospital with 80 beds Thanakan Hospital with 74 beds
Health promoting hospitals In the district there are twenty-one health-promoting hospitals in total. 1 Wang Yen 1 Koh Samrong 1 Nong Bua 1 Pak Phraek 1 Tha Makham 1 Kaeng Sian2 Lat Ya 2 Chong Sadao 2 Nong Ya 4 Wang Dong 5 Ban Kao
Religion There are seventy-nine Theravada Buddhist temples in the district. 1 Ban Tai 2 Ban Nuea 3 Wang Yen 5 Kaeng Sian 5 Ko Samrong5 Nong Bua 5 Tha Makham 7 Pak Phraek 7 Lat Ya 8 Chong Sadao 9 Wang Dong 9 Nong Ya 13 Ban Kao The Christians have twelve churches and muslims have one mosque.
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